Dumb sli3er question
Seem to be printing fine with sli3cer press the export g code and go but I never use the slice now button. Should I?
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Re: Dumb sli3er question
Your call. It’s not required or anything.
Slice now just makes a preview of the sliced output. If you go straight to export you get a preview also, with more details than the slice now version, details like print time estimates and so forth.
I suppose slice now is marginally faster since it skips some of that processing that only happens at export, and doesn’t need to write a file.
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Re: Dumb sli3er question
By default slic3r is set to slice in the background. You can disable it and slice with the button. Very helpful with huge parts so you can adjust all settings, layer thickness and so on without lags.
Re: Dumb sli3er question
Seem to be printing fine with sli3cer press the export g code and go but I never use the slice now button. Should I?
Your call. It’s not required or anything.
+1, and I don't think it's a dumb question at all. I've been "slicing now" to review layers in some prints before exporting & printing via USB/Pronterface.
YMMV.
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